The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

yeqr0-7he Journey to Boston a1tt
Return Betore the nay Of Puil
roads.
Esgg5ishsi by Special Fgresmantl
The measles have come again,-th,
measles and meanest sort Of measles
Eight of the flock have long since
graduated in all the infantile disease.
and have their diplomas, and now
Carl and Jessie are do wn and it takes
lots of nursing, for they are real sick
They are tender hearted now, very
and want their mother or me close
by or in sight all the time. sit be.
tween their two beds and tell them
stories and have to hold q hand OF
each to keep them even. When
lovingly fondle one have to fondle
the other too, for they are jealous.
The old old stories have to be repeat
ed. There is the beaverdam story
and the runaway Niger and the
black pony and Tip from the yankees
and my school butter scrape and
some others that l have a patent on,
and I have brought them all along
down the corridors of time and cheer
ed manya weary hour for our restless,
eager children.
Measles. 1t is a mean and dirty
word and means spots and knots and
leprosy and disease of swine. How
mysteriously it affects the air and
catches from child to child in aschool
room. Sixty cut of ninety children
in one school are now affected and
under the doctor or the parental
nurse. The air We breathe is our life
or our death. Food and water we
can choose but the invisible air we
must breathe whether it be pure or
impure. Pesti!enee and contag.on
and malaria may hide in 1t land poison
US before we know it. The scriptures
tell US of ''the pestilence that stalk
eth at MONDAY" Stalketh-that is,
moveth by stealth behind screen.
was greatly impressed by what the
learned Prof. Proctor said about in
fnity; the intinity Of the Universe.
no limit to it outward, no end, no
boundary, but it keeps on and on
forever, and just so there is no limit
to 1t inwardly, for the more we in
crease the power of the microscope,
the more living creatures we see in
u drop of water or breath of air.
Nature is as infinitely small AS inf.
nitely great aud it humbles our pride
to think Of 1t. But after all we are
men and women made I'M tile image
ofthe Creator, and we have work to
tlo-a mission to fulfill. Let US do it
and risk the consequences.
But these children are calling me
again apd have disturbed my cogita-
tions. SO here goes for story.
1--WE used to live I'M the country
close to DR.. Miller's house, and the
doctor had a negro man named An
derson who was as black us the ace
Of spades"
us the ace Of spades very black,
papa" said Jessie.
"Yes, MY child but will say that
Anderson and his mother and sisters
were the blackest negroes lever saw,
ana strange to say they most always
wore black clothes, and you couldn't
see nose or chin or cheeks little
ways off, for there was no shading To
show their feautures. The face was
Just round, black spot until they
opened the mouth to say liowdy, and
Then you saw some white, pearly
teeth. Well, Anderson took noti6n
10 marry our colored woman, Mary
The same Mary who grew up with our
hrst children and nursed most all of
them. Anderson was a boss darky,
that Is he walked around and looked
after things, but lie didn't do much
work himself. Di. Miller was an
easy, indulgent master and let his
servants do pretty much us they
pleased. As between the doctor and
Anderson one could hardly tell which
was master and which was the SER
want except by the color. Well, IN
lhe course Of time, the doctor found
mat his farm and his negroes were
making him poor, and SO one day he
'old the whole concern to Virginlan
VINO had plenty Of money, and tile
loctor moved to town. This virgin
al was A man If hnsiupss and every.